Post by Crowdfunding Research UK

AWS-focused consulting firm CirrusHQ raises €446k to continue its expansion across the UK CirrusHQ , a leading Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting firm, today announced it has secured a €446k growth capital funding plus the appointment of Alastair Mills as the company’s new Chairman. The UK-based company will use the fresh capital to further expand its presence in the UK, most notably in the education sector where it is the first and only UK Consulting Partner to hold the ‘AWS Education Competency’ and the ‘Well Architected Framework’ certification. CirrusHQ also specialises in public sector and enterprise deployments. The investment round was led by Alastair Mills and Ronnie Smith. The pair have worked together previously, having co-founded managed services provider Six Degrees Group in 2011, which was acquired by Charlesbank Capital Partners in 2015. Both investors have now joined CirrusHQ’s board of directors, with Mills taking on the role of Chairman and Smith adding his 25 plus years of financial expertise to the firm’s leadership. CirrusHQ also appointed Daemonn Brody, who has previously held senior roles in the cloud and managed services industry, as its Managing Director. Founded in 2011 and with offices in Edinburgh, Oxford and London, CirrusHQ focuse..